spitchcock
/ˈspɪt͡ʃˌkɑk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English spiche-coke (“eel split lengthwise and broiled”). The further etymology is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: * From Middle English *speche, *spiche (“to split”) + cock, coken (“to allow (something) to cook; to cook”) (from cok (“person who cooks food, cook”), from Old English cōc (“a cook”)). * From spik (“animal fat, especially lard”) (from Old English spiċ (“bacon; lard”)), spik, spike (“large nail; pointed stud”) (possibly from Old Norse spík, spíkr (“nail”)), or spit, spite (“rod for cooking meat, spit; pointed object”) (from Old English spitu, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point; stick”)) + cok (“male of the common domestic fowl, cock, rooster”) (from Old English coc, cocc). The verb is probably derived from the noun.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *spēy-, spiche-coke, *speche, cōc, spiċ, spík
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈspɪt͡ʃˌkɑk/
- British English: /ˈspɪt͡ʃkɒk/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.